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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 2, November 2008.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

November 2007  

November 2008  

2008 Versus 2007 

November 

Fall 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

29,924 

29,396 

-1.8% 

-0.8% 

-1.4% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

60,723 

51,685 

-14.9% 

-10.0% 

-4.2% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

66.5% 

56.6% 

-14.9% 

-10.0% 

-4.2% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$62.91 

$65.61 

4.3% 

6.3% 

7.9% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$41.86 

$37.16 

-11.2% 

-4.3% 

3.4% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$4,978,975.18 

$4,749,156.54 

-4.6% 

-6.1% 

-4.2% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$76,714.19 

$72,216.44 

-5.9% 

5.7% 

-8.8% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$243,621.24 

$251,650.80 

3.3% 

-0.1% 

-5.0% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

12,269 

10,017 

-18.4% 

10.7% 

8.0% 

State park attendance

29,483 

31,190 

5.8% 

-0.2% 

-1.2% 

State park campground occupancy rates

1.2% 

0.8% 

-31.1% 

-33.7% 

-3.4% 

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

4.7% 

6.7% 

42.6% 

36.9% 

23.1% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

210.2 

212.4 

1.1% 

3.2% 

4.2% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

3.06 

2.10 

-31.5% 

1.7% 

22.1% 

Expectations Index (EI)

69.1 

46.2 

-33.1% 

-38.7% 

-42.2% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

115.7 

42.3 

-63.4% 

-58.6% 

-43.7% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

87.8 

44.7 

-49.1% 

-48.7% 

-42.9% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.68 

0.78 

15.2% 

6.1% 

-8.0% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

0.97 

1.22 

25.8% 

16.5% 

-2.7% 

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November

Fall 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

       

 

November

Fall 

Full Years

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Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region 2 

 



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